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fifty-fif⋅ty

  [fif-tee-fif-tee]
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–adjective
1. equally good and bad, likely and unlikely, favorable and unfavorable, etc.: a fifty-fifty chance of winning.
–adverb
2. in an evenly or equally divided way: The board voted fifty-fifty on the merger.
—Idiom
3. go fifty-fifty (on), to share equally in the cost, responsibility, or profits (of): We went fifty-fifty on the dinner check.
Also, 50-50.

Origin:
1910–15, Americanism
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fif·ty-fif·ty   (fĭf'tē-fĭf'tē)
adj.  

  1. Divided or shared in two equal portions: a fifty-fifty split.

  2. Being equally likely or unlikely: had a fifty-fifty chance of surviving.

fif'ty-fif'ty adv.
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Idioms & Phrases

fifty-fifty

see under under go halves.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
Copyright © 1997. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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